This is the eighth in an ongoing series of posts on real-life Monuments Men. Today’s post is by Dr. Greg Bradsher. See related posts on Sir Charles Leonard Woolley, Walter J. Huchthausen, Seymour J. Pomrenze, Mason Hammond, Edith Standen, Karol Estreicher, and S. Lane Faison. The forthcoming movie, The Monuments Men, has focused great attention … Continue reading Sir Hilary Jenkinson of the Public Record Office: An Archivist Monuments Man
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Monuments Men and Women, Looted Art, Stolen Art, Art Provenance, and Stolen Property during World War II
An Office of Strategic Services Monuments Man: S. Lane Faison
This is the seventh in an ongoing series of posts on real-life Monuments Men. Today’s post is by Dr. Greg Bradsher. See related posts on Sir Charles Leonard Woolley, Walter J. Huchthausen, Seymour J. Pomrenze, Mason Hammond, Edith Standen, and Karol Estreicher. The forthcoming movie, The Monuments Men, has focused great attention on the Monuments Men (and women) and … Continue reading An Office of Strategic Services Monuments Man: S. Lane Faison
Karol Estreicher: The Polish Monuments Man
This is the sixth in an ongoing series of posts on real-life Monuments Men. Today’s post is by Dr. Sylvia Naylor. See related posts on Sir Charles Leonard Woolley, Walter J. Huchthausen, Seymour J. Pomrenze, Mason Hammond, and Edith A. Standen. The forthcoming movie, The Monuments Men, has focused great attention on the Monuments Men … Continue reading Karol Estreicher: The Polish Monuments Man
Edith A. Standen: A “Monuments Man” in Germany 1945-1947
This is the fifth in an ongoing series of posts on real-life Monuments Men by Dr. Greg Bradsher. See also his posts on Sir Charles Leonard Woolley, Walter J. Huchthausen, Seymour J. Pomrenze, and Mason Hammond. The forthcoming movie, The Monuments Men, has focused great attention on the Monuments Men (and women) and their work … Continue reading Edith A. Standen: A “Monuments Man” in Germany 1945-1947
NARA launches a webpage devoted to Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg photographic albums
Today's post is written by Dr. Greg Bradsher. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) launched this month a new section of its portion of the International Research Portal for Records Related to Nazi-Era Cultural Property that is devoted to the photographic albums containing photographs of cultural property looted by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR) during … Continue reading NARA launches a webpage devoted to Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg photographic albums
Mason Hammond: The Early Activities of the First American Monuments Man in the Field
This is the fourth in an ongoing series of posts on real-life Monuments Men by Dr. Greg Bradsher. See also his posts on Sir Charles Leonard Woolley, Walter J. Huchthausen, and Seymour J. Pomrenze. The forthcoming movie, The Monuments Men, has focused great attention on the Monuments Men (and women) and their work during and … Continue reading Mason Hammond: The Early Activities of the First American Monuments Man in the Field
Seymour J. Pomrenze: A National Archives Monuments Man
This is the third in an ongoing series of posts on real-life Monuments Men by Dr. Greg Bradsher. See also his posts on Sir Charles Leonard Woolley and Walter J. Huchthausen. The forthcoming movie, The Monuments Men, has focused great attention on the Monuments Men (and women) and their work during and after World War II. Of course … Continue reading Seymour J. Pomrenze: A National Archives Monuments Man
Walter J. Huchthausen: A Monuments Man Killed in Action
This is the second in a series of posts about real-life Monuments Men by Dr. Greg Bradsher. See also his post on Sir Charles Leonard Woolley. The forthcoming movie The Monuments Men has focused great attention on the Monuments Men (and women) and their work during and after World War II. Of course the movie cannot tell the … Continue reading Walter J. Huchthausen: A Monuments Man Killed in Action
Sir Charles Leonard Woolley-The Background and Early Activities of an Unlikely Monuments Man
Today's post is written by Dr. Greg Bradsher and is the first in a series featuring real life Monuments Men. The forthcoming movie, The Monuments Men, has focused great attention on the Monuments Men (and women) and their work during and after World War II. Of course the movie cannot tell the story of the over … Continue reading Sir Charles Leonard Woolley-The Background and Early Activities of an Unlikely Monuments Man
Records of the Office of the Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality Yields New Hildebrand Gurlitt Information
Today's post is written by Dr. Greg Bradsher. During the past several weeks there has been international interest in the revelations about some 1,400 works of art, some allegedly acquired from looted Jewish collections, found in a Munich, Germany apartment. Most, if not all, of the works found in Cornelius Gurlitt’s apartment had previously been in … Continue reading Records of the Office of the Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality Yields New Hildebrand Gurlitt Information